Originally Posted by
MasterOfPuppets
You only have 28 FOs in your fleet/base/seat. SFO 787FO has 333 there's probably 10-15 FOs that bid reserve and they are all right at the G-Line so I'm not even sure if they are doing it on purpose.
I think the real question should be if reserve is so good why is WB FO so junior?
Also let me know what those inconsistencies are because everyone of those was PDR'd and FODM'd and I lost every single argument.
WB FO goes junior because there are pilots who live local, want to bid RSV, and make a good solid wage and never work. Most pilots want to make a lot of $$$... so they want to be line holders on smaller equipment and pick up every trip possible. Beauty of this profession is everyone has a choice (except for new hires <year on property)... issue comes up when pilots bid equipment that makes them junior (NB Captain or WB FO on RSV) and then they complain because they don't like the RSV rules. I'm a WB RSV pilot and flew about 70 days last year... I don't have any complaints. I have tons of buds on WB RSV at EWR/IAD/ORD that are working about the same... no complaints from them either. Still a lot of movement happening... so bid what you want and live with the rules that are currently in place... not the rules you hope will be created to benefit RSV... it probably won't happen.